- PII
- S0869-60630000392-4-1
- DOI
- 10.7868/S30000392-4-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume / Issue 3
- Pages
- 92-104
- Abstract
- The article gives a detailed analysis of an unusual burial located in the Cis-Baikal region of Siberia on the bank of the river Angara in the Irkut estuary. It included an intentionally buried wolf, a human skull and scattered human bones as well as various implements and a patch of ochre. The grave analysis is based on osteometric work, DNA analysis, stable isotope analysis, 14C-dating of wolf and human bones, craniometric characteristic of the human skull, morphological and typological characteristics of the implements. A detailed archaeological description of the burial is given. The research has shown that the wolf bones in grave Loco-motiv R-8 belonged to a male animal that died in July or August at the age of 9±1. The cause of death and the subspecies of the animal have not been identified. The human skull is that of a Far Eastern mongoloid. There is a chronological gap between the datings for the human and the wolf bones. The grave can be dated to the Late Mesolithic period and is a ritual burial.
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- Date of publication
- 01.07.2013
- Year of publication
- 2013
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- 1
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- 673
RAS History & PhilologyРоссийская археология Russian archeology
- ISSN (Print) 0869-6063
- ISSN (Online) 3034-5774
MESOLITHIC COMPLEX WITH A WOLF BURIAL IN THE BAIKAL REGION
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